Paige Turner

Enrolments in Southern Institute of Technology's postgraduate nursing programmes have jumped around 85 percent since 2020, and the people behind the growth say it shows no sign of slowing. Postgraduate Programme Manager Jane Elder has been at SIT's School of Nursing since 2019 and took on

Southland's largest wind farm is now fully open, and it comes with a $496 million price tag and a 20-year deal underpinning the future of Tiwai Point. Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds officially opened the completed Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm on behalf of Energy Minister Simeon Brown, marking the

The Museum of Southland will be free to enter for everyone — no door charge, no tiered pricing for out-of-towners. Invercargill City Council's Community and Regulatory Committee settled the question at its meeting today, landing on free general admission after crunching the numbers on what a ticket fee would

South Port is putting recreational and commercial boat operators on notice: stay out of restricted areas at Bluff unless you have permission. The port has issued a reminder that access within its operational area is restricted and controlled, and that vessels must not enter areas including the container terminal berths

After 25 years teaching economics in Seoul and Singapore, Dr Jacob Wood is back in Invercargill — and running SIT's distance learning operation. Wood left in 1998 for the University of Otago, then kept going. A PhD in International Trade at Sogang University in Seoul led to academic roles

Environment Southland went behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss selling down its stake in South Port — and walked out without making a decision. The regional council, which owns 66 percent of the Bluff port, held a public excluded session at its investment committee meeting where two papers were discussed

Police are telling Invercargill residents to lock up and strip their cars bare as vehicle thefts spike across the region. Southland Police have apprehended several offenders already, but Sergeant Kelvin Templeton says the offending is still active enough to warrant a public warning — and a clear list of what people

Garston Hops, a family-owned hop-growing business operating near the southern limits of what's commercially viable on the planet, took the top prize at the 2026 DHL Export Southland Gala Dinner on Friday night. More than 200 exporters, businesses and supporters gathered at Ascot Park Hotel for the biennial